The essential teachings of Mandukya Upanishad are: Brahma Sathyam: Highlighted in 3rd chapter Advaida Prakaranam.Jagan mithya is established in the second chapter Vaithathya prakaranam; Two layers of swapna pranajanja and jagradha prabanaja are dwaidam and put together they are called as jagat. We generally accept swapna as mithya; but some philosophers conclude swapna as sathyam […]
On July 16, 2019, Swami Paramarthananda gave a Gurupurnima talk regarding jivan mukthi. You can listen to this talk (approximately 50 minutes long) at this link: Gurupurnima Talk 2019 (more…)
In Mandukya Upanishads, 7th mantra is crucial and two significant words in that mantra are prabanjobasama and advaidam. The word prabanjobasama is explained in the second chapter. That means prabanja mithyatvam. This prabanja mithyatvam is explained by Gowdapadha with the word prbanjaj vaithathyam. In second chapter Gowdapadha explained the mithya of prabanjam. Prabanja can be […]
Class 49 Beginning from the 40th to 47th verse Gowdapadha is dealing with the topic of nidhithyasanam a discipline to be practiced after sravanam and manam. This is meant for assimilation of the vedantic teaching. Nidhidhyasanam, is vedantic mediation of Patanjalai. Lord Krishna dealt with this extensively in Chapter 6 of Baghawad Gita. Samadhi abyasa […]
Nidhithyasanam is not relevant for manda and uthama adhikari. It is meant for madhyama adhikari. Nidhithyasanam is dwelling on the teaching received by sravanam and mananm. Dwelling is only mental process and the physical posture is not relevant. For upasana physical posture is important, but it is not important for nidhithyasanam. In formal nidhidhyasanam one […]
The verses 40 to 47 discuss the final topic of advaita prakaranam, nidhithyasaam. In the first two verses, we get the introduction to nidhithyasanam. The primary benefit of self-knowledge is discovering that I am thuriyum; I the Sathya thuriya chaithanyam is never affected by the three maya sareeram. Moksha is not an event, but it […]
Swami Paramarthananda discusses Sādhana Catuṣṭaya Saṃpatti (Fourfold Qualifications) , in many classess1. I have compiled this document based on Swamiji’s teachings of these classes. In the Karikas to Mandukya Upanishad, Gowdabadhachariyar advises us to give maximum effort to Sādhana Catuṣṭayaṃ. This document describes Sādhana Catuṣṭayaṃ and the ways to improve Sādhana Catuṣṭayaṃ. (more…)
Handling the mind is called amani bavaha or mano nasaha; atma gyanam helps in two ways: The mind does not see duality as sathyam and it sees it as mithya. Then the mind does not create any problem. Ignorant and problematic mind is dissolved by atma gyanamWhen the whole duality is seen as mithya, it […]
Atma Gyanam is the solution to the problem of samsara caused by mind. Gowdapadha has pointed out since the ignorant mind is the cause of problem, by interpreting the world improperly, the solution is to tackle the mind by atma gyanam. Atma Gyanam solves two problem. It converts ignorant mind in to wise mind which […]
Up to 30th verse, Gowdabadha established thuriyum is kariya karana vilakshanam and hence it is advaidam. Whoever misses the truth of advaidam and has the false version of dwaidam, that person will have samsara. Adaidam is a fact; dwaidam is not a fact and is a myth. From 31to to 39th verse, this dwaida dharishanam […]